Interviews
Read our Avalere Health Essential Voice interviews. Twenty years ago, we set out to be the essential voice in improving healthcare. Our experts discuss the hot topics that you need to track.
Social Determinants of Health: The Importance of Data, Part 1
Tune into our fifth episode in the Avalere Health Essential Voice podcast series focused on social determinants of health (SDOH). In Part 1 of this segment, our experts from Avalere’s Health Economics and Advanced Analytics practice discuss the importance of SDOH data, how health plans are increasingly utilizing that data, and the ongoing limitations to data access.
2020 Election with Avalere: COVID-19 Stakeholder Impacts
Tune into our seventh episode of the Avalere Health Essential Voice: Election 2020 series. As election day approaches, our experts share their thoughts on how the COVID surge has changed the campaigns’ closing arguments, the current outlook on a COVID relief package, and how the election results will affect individual stakeholders.
Designing Pull Funding for a COVID-19 Vaccine
Tune into another episode of Avalere’s Journal Club Review podcast series on Avalere Health Essential Voice. In this segment, our health policy experts discuss a recent study in which a simulation was used to determine whether pull funding could overcome issues related to speed, scaling, and pricing for a COVID-19 vaccine.
Social Determinants of Health: The Role of the Health Plan
Tune into our fourth episode in the Avalere Health Essential Voice podcast series focused on social determinants of health (SDOH). In this segment, our experts discuss what health plans should know about SDOH data, specifically, the different types of data, what to do with them, and how to use them to fairly assess the impact of social risks on health outcomes.
2020 Election with Avalere: How Are Public Healthcare Programs Expanding?
Tune into our sixth episode of the Avalere Health Essential Voice: 2020 Election series. In this segment, our experts discuss how we might see public healthcare programs expand under each candidate and what it might mean for future legislation.
State Medicaid RFP Response Considerations and Watch Outs
Tune into another episode of Start Your Day with Avalere. In this segment, our health plan experts delve into the key actions, considerations, and watch outs of a successful Medicaid procurement, or re-procurement, response from both the state and health plan perspectives.
2020 Election with Avalere: SCOTUS ACA Outlook
Tune into our fifth episode of the Avalere Health Essential Voice: 2020 Election series. In this segment, our experts discuss the evolving makeup of the Supreme Court and the outlook on California vs. Texas — the upcoming Supreme Court case regarding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act and, in particular, the individual mandate.
2020 Election with Avalere: First Presidential Debate Healthcare Recap
Tune into our fourth episode of the Avalere Health Essential Voice: 2020 Election series. In this segment, our experts discuss top healthcare issues and platforms from the first Presidential debate, including the Affordable Care Act (ACA), COVID-19, public health, health disparities, and drug-pricing reform.
2020 Election with Avalere: What Are the Drug Pricing Policies?
Tune into our third episode of the Avalere Health Essential Voice: 2020 Election series. In this segment, our experts discuss candidates’ respective approaches to drug pricing policies and where there is unexpected overlap.
Community Use of Face Masks and COVID-19: Evidence from a Natural Experiment of State Mandates in the US
Tune into another episode of Avalere’s Journal Club Review podcast series on Avalere Health Essential Voice. In this segment, our health policy experts discuss a recent study on the effectiveness of statewide mask mandates in reducing the spread of COVID-19, and the implications of its findings on future policy interventions.
Clinical Pathways in Oncology, Part 2
Tune into another episode of Start Your Day with Avalere. In this segment, experts from Avalere’s Market Access continue their discussion on clinical pathways in oncology, exploring how they are developed and what cancers and treatment modalities are included.
Social Determinants of Health: WIC Health Outcomes
Tune into our third episode in the Avalere Health Essential Voice podcast series focused on social determinants of health (SDOH). In this segment, our expert from Avalere’s Center for Healthcare Transformation is joined by officials from the Washington State Department of Health to discuss public health programs focused on maternal and child health, and how these programs relate to healthcare access and health outcomes.
2020 Election with Avalere: What Are the Differences in Healthcare Platforms?
Tune into our second episode of the Avalere Health Essential Voice: 2020 Election series. In this segment, experts from the policy and vaccines teams discuss the healthcare themes heard at the recent political conventions, and differences we can expect to see in the candidates’ healthcare platforms.
Neighborhood Racial and Economic Polarization, Hospital of Delivery, and Severe Maternal Morbidity
Tune into another episode of Avalere’s Journal Club Review podcast series on Avalere Health Essential Voice. In this segment, Dr. Sura Edmond, a Research Scientist in the Center for Healthcare Transformation, joins Associate Mali Khan to discuss the findings, themes, and relevant application of a contemporary healthcare publication.
Vaccines Outlook: Hesitancy, Uptake, and Infrastructure with Dr. Angela Shen
Tune into another episode of Start Your Day with Avalere. In this segment, vaccines experts Richard Hughes IV and Dr. Angela Shen discuss the issue of vaccine hesitancy and the gaps in infrastructure and policy that affect adult vaccine uptake.
CMS and ONC Interoperability and Patient Access Mandates, Part 2
Tune into another episode of Start Your Day with Avalere. In this segment, health plan experts delve into the strategic opportunities the federal government’s interoperability requirements present and consider which mandates might be coming down the pike.
Clinical Pathways in Oncology, Part 1
Tune into another episode of Start Your Day with Avalere. In this segment, experts from Avalere’s Market Access practice discuss clinical pathways as they relate to value in oncology.
Vaccines Outlook: Adult Vaccine Access with Abby Bownas
Tune into another episode of Start Your Day with Avalere. In this segment, experts from our vaccines team discuss challenges within the vaccines marketplace and highlight the efforts currently underway to improve access and uptake among adults.
CMS and ONC Interoperability and Patient Access Mandates, Part 1
Tune into another episode of Start Your Day with Avalere. In this segment, health plan experts delve into the federal government’s interoperability requirements and how plans are navigating these changes.
2020 Election with Avalere: How Do We Address Healthcare Disparities?
Tune into our first episode of the Avalere Health Essential Voice: 2020 Election series. In this segment, our experts discuss the healthcare disparity issues at the forefront of the 2020 election and which healthcare topics to watch for at the Democratic National Convention.